Investigative

I've included clips from the work I've done as a part of the investigative reporting program, the Georgia News Lab, in collaboration with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. I also included a story that I independently investigated while I was a news reporter at WUOG, the student radio station at the University of Georgia. The investigative story I worked on this summer at the Investigative Reporting Workshop will be coming soon!

*I assisted with reporting this story as a part of the Georgia News Lab investigative class/program, but did not write the article.

In Lori Carroll’s final hours, as her psychotic behavior spiraled out of control, no one at the Muscogee County Jail helped relieve her suffering. Carroll, 46, had a history of mental illness and had spent multiple stints behind bars for theft, shoplifting and forgery. Read more.

Scattered across the North campus of the University of Georgia are markers detailing the defining moments in the history of the university’s founding. A marker by the Old College talks about the transformation of UGA’s first building over 200 years. Another at Herty Field tells the account of UGA’s very first football game against Mercer, which was also the first football game ever held in the state of Georgia. Read more.

Atlanta city councilman C.T. Martin, who is trying to become the next council president, announced Tuesday that he will donate to charity a $2,600 contribution his campaign received from a controversial ballot committee with ties to Mayor Kasim Reed. Read more.

*I assisted with reporting this story as a part of the Georgia News Lab investigative class/program, but did not write the article.

Atlanta Mayoral candidate Ceasar Mitchell said Monday that he thinks the Georgia Bureau of Investigation should probe the controversial spending by a ballot committee tied to Mayor Kasim Reed. Read more.

*I assisted with reporting this story as a part of the Georgia News Lab investigative class/program, but did not write the article.

The federal investigation into pay-to-play contracting at Atlanta City Hall hasn’t shut down the steady flow of cash from city vendors to the campaign accounts of people trying to succeed Kasim Reed and become the city’s 60th mayor. Read more.